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Lucius Munatius Plancus

c. 87–c. 15 BCE · 1st century BCE

Lucius Munatius Plancus was a Roman general and politician. A legate of Julius Caesar in Gaul, he founded the colonies of Lugdunum (Lyon) and Augusta Raurica around 44–43 BCE, and later changed sides between Mark Antony and Octavian. In 27 BCE he proposed in the Senate that Octavian take the name Augustus. His mausoleum stands at Gaeta in Italy.

Lucius Munatius Plancus
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